My Master: I Want to Learn This Too!

My master was terrifying right now!

Xiao Yao felt fear rise in his heart. If only he'd known, he wouldn't have asked that question!

Just as he opened his mouth, Dongfang Xuetong's gaze softened. She murmured to herself, "He's the disciple I personally took in. Besides, he was only asking a question. I can't get angry. I mustn't get angry!"

"Master, why did you say your inner thoughts out loud?" Xiao Yao asked, playing dumb.

She knew Xiao Yao was clever and had surely figured out what she really meant. But judging by the look of things, he simply didn't want to fight Wang Teng.

Dongfang Xuetong sighed helplessly. Her eyes dimmed, and the joy and anticipation she'd felt faded away. All she could manage was a quiet sigh.

"Nothing will happen. You're still my Direct Disciple. But I may not have time to teach you over the next three months."

His master was actually saying this?

It was something Xiao Yao had never expected. In his mind, the lightest punishment would have been expulsion from the sect.

And so, in Xiao Yao's heart, the Lotus Sword Emperor's image as a good master took root.

"Master, I was just asking. It's not that I don't want to."

The light returned to Dongfang Xuetong's eyes. "Really?"

As if realizing that her tone didn't suit her status, she spoke sternly. "I'll give you just this one chance. There won't be any taking it back later."

"Of course I mean it. Wang Teng is nothing. With my Chaos Body and your guidance, there's no reason for me to fear him."

Xiao Yao spoke with such fervor that he seemed to have the bearing of a powerhouse already.

Dongfang Xuetong nodded approvingly. With a whoosh, an ancient book that looked rather worn appeared in her delicate hand.

"This is the Emperor Tier cultivation technique I practice, the Primordial Sword Art. I'll pass it on to you today."

Xiao Yao took it with one hand, then eagerly began flipping through the book, studying its contents.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Xuetong continued, "Even with your Chaos Body, you'll need at least a day to cultivate the Primordial Sword Art—"

"Master, but I've already started cultivating it!" Xiao Yao cut in.

"What?"

Dongfang Xuetong froze for a moment. Then she swept her gaze over him and saw that Xiao Yao had truly already circulated the Primordial Sword Art for one full cycle.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought someone was bragging.

He'd learned an Emperor Tier technique in an instant. His comprehension was heaven-defying!

Was the Chaos Body really this powerful?

In truth, it wasn't the Chaos Body's power. It was all thanks to Xiao Yao's Sword Dao Comprehension (Human Realm Max Level).

"In that case, I'll teach you the Basic Sword Technique too."

Dongfang Xuetong summoned the treasured sword from earlier and began to dance with it before Xiao Yao's eyes.

Three minutes later, she finished the sword dance.

Dongfang Xuetong looked at Xiao Yao and asked gently, "Did you remember it all?"

Before Xiao Yao could reply, she began talking to herself again. "After all, this is the first layer of the Emperor Tier sword technique, Saint Lotus. It should be very difficult for you to remember everything."

"But I did remember it!"

Xiao Yao summoned the Saint Artifact Taiyan Sword he'd received as a reward earlier.

Then, under Dongfang Xuetong's watchful gaze, he began to dance with the sword. His every move was flawless at first.

But his final move was different from the one she'd performed.

She didn't say a word. Instead, she studied it intently, and in the end her beautiful eyes widened. "So that's where the flaw in the first layer of Saint Lotus is!"

Just as she was about to praise Xiao Yao, she noticed a sharp aura rising from him.

Dongfang Xuetong's face twitched as she exclaimed, "You understood Sword Intent after just one sword dance? I've never heard of such a thing, much less seen it!"

At that moment, she understood that Xiao Yao was a born sword prodigy.

She just couldn't understand why Xiao Yao had been called a good-for-nothing in the past.

The most important thing was that he'd been a good-for-nothing known throughout Xuanzhou City and for a thousand miles around!

After Sword Intent took shape, Xiao Yao opened his eyes. He'd just opened his mouth when his master asked him,

"Disciple, tell me quickly—why were you called a good-for-nothing?"

Xiao Yao had no choice but to tell her the whole story.

After hearing him out, Dongfang Xuetong was filled with emotion. Now she finally understood why Xiao Yao had such a mature mindset and acted so steadily!

"Master, is there anything else you can teach me?" Xiao Yao asked, his eyes wide, like a wise scholar eager to learn without rest.

Dongfang Xuetong replied at once, "Wait a moment!"

A genius needed to be taught in a way suited to a genius.

So at first, she'd taught him using the methods she would use to nurture an Emperor Tier powerhouse.

But even geniuses came in different levels. Someone like Xiao Yao, whose talent was outrageously extraordinary, was beyond anything she'd encountered before. She had no idea what to teach him next or how to teach him.

So now, she could only ask someone else.

Of course, that "someone else" couldn't be just anybody. It had to be a powerhouse with Emperor Tier cultivation, just like her.

"Sister Susu, I have something I need to ask you."

Ten seconds later, a lazy, gentle female voice that sounded as if she'd just woken up came through. "Go on..."

"I took in a disciple, but he's so gifted that I don't know how to teach him."

The other person's furious voice immediately echoed in Dongfang Xuetong's mind. "You called me for that? Do you have any idea I was just taking my beauty sleep?"

Dongfang Xuetong felt awkward and grumbled to herself, "Do Emperor Tier cultivators still need beauty sleep?"

But she needed help, so she could only press on. "Sister Susu, tell me how to teach him! I'm waiting here, and it's urgent!"

"I don't know!"

Hearing the other person's sleepy, irritable voice made Dongfang Xuetong's anger rise.

In the past, she would have torn open space, appeared where the other person was, and struck with her sword.

But for Xiao Yao's sake, she could only endure it—and even flatter her. "Sister Susu, you're ranked first on both the Great Emperor Ranking and the Empress Ranking. If you don't know, then nobody in this world does!"

"I get it now. Your disciple is so outstanding that even you, so proud and aloof, are willing to swallow your pride."

When the other person laid it all out plainly, Dongfang Xuetong's tone immediately turned cold. "That's right! Are you going to tell me or not? Give me a straight answer so you don't waste my time."

"Heh. I'd really like to meet your disciple someday."

Dongfang Xuetong sounded impatient. "If you don't tell me now, I'm ending this conversation unilaterally."

"For a disciple like that, just show him all the techniques you know and let him choose for himself."

Dongfang Xuetong furrowed her delicate brows. "It's that simple?"

"That's all there is to it!" the other person confirmed.

After ending the conversation, Dongfang Xuetong thought the idea sounded unreliable. But after thinking it over, she still had no better plan, so she could only try it.

"Disciple, I'll show you all the techniques I know. Pick whichever one you want to learn."

At once, scrolls of jade slips, books, and an ancient-looking skeleton bearing characters no one could understand floated through the air.

[Beep! A Quasi-Immortal tier spell has been detected. Host, choose that skeleton first. This system will decipher the text on it.]

The God-tier Sign-in System was really powerful!

As Xiao Yao felt pleased, he pointed at the skeleton and said, "Master, I want to learn this!"

"Oh!" Dongfang Xuetong was delighted, thinking Sister Susu's advice had really worked.

But when she looked at the thing Xiao Yao was pointing at, her smile froze. She cried out, "I want to learn this too!"